Ep 97 Nell Y Murphy - Journey to Manzanar Girl Scout Gold Award Project

Full transcription available at http://heartsofgoldpodcast.com/ Nell created an interpretive website including videos and an interactive game to increase awareness of Manzanar, a Japanese camp, and those that lived there. More about Nell: Nell Yukiye Murphy (18) is a 2022 Girl Scout Gold Award recipient for her project, Journey to Manzanar. Nell's grandfather, actor Jerry Fujikawa, was incarcerated at Manzanar, along with his family from 1942-1943. She has made several trips to the Eastern Sierra and Manzanar, including an indelible trip with her Los Angeles-based Girl Scout troop. She was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, where she graduated this year from Ramon C Cortines School of Visual and Performing Art. She is currently a freshman at Carnegie Mellon University, School of Drama, where she is studying acting and carrying on a long family tradition of being a performer and storyteller. Links: https://sierraforever.org/journey-to-manzanar/ Recent article about the project: https://discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2022/10/24/nell-yukiye-murphy/ Share this show with your friends on Twitter. Click to have an editable already written tweet! https://ctt.ac/33zKe Join our Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/sherylmrobinson/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sherylmrobinson/?hl=en Please subscribe to Hearts of Gold on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/sherylmrobinson or on your favorite podcast app. Support future Hearts of Gold episodes at https://www.patreon.com/heartsofgold Editing by https://www.offthewalter.com/ Walter's YouTube channel is https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt0wFZRVaOpUd_nXc_8-4yQ